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Stage 6 of the Tour de France live - 07/04/2024

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Stage 5 - Mark Cavendish carves history with all-time record-breaking win on stage 5 / As it happened

There was a time when Mark Cavendish stage victories at the Tour de France seemed to come about almost as a matter of routine, like the setting of the sun or the rising of the tides. The road to his record-breaking 35th victory was altogether more complicated, but that only heightened the emotion as the Manxman won stage 5 in Saint Vulbas on Wednesday afternoon.

The sprint finale was a chaotic one, as is so often the case in the modern Tour, but Cavendish has been imposing his order on situations like this since he was barely out of his teens. He delivered a rasping sprint to beat Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) to the line, breaking the record he had shared with Eddy Merckx since 2021.

Stage 4 - Tour de France stage 4: Tadej Pogačar snares yellow with victory over the Galibier / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar took control of the Tour de France after he attacked near the summit of the Col du Galibier to win stage 4 in Valloire and move back into the yellow jersey. UAE Team Emirates imposed a relentless pace on the Galibier, whittling the front group down before Pogačar attacked 900m from the top.

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) stayed within ten seconds of Pogačar on the final ramps of the Galibier and on the early, technical part of the descent, but the Slovenian stretched out his advantage on the drop into Valloire. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) were part of a group that joined Vingegaard in the finale, but they came home some 35 seconds down on Pogačar, who is chasing a Giro-Tour double.

Stage 3 - Tour de France stage 3: Biniam Girmay wins bunch sprint in Turin as Richard Carapaz takes yellow / As it happened

The 2024 Tour de France had barely begun before Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) made a page of cycling history with a bunch sprint victory in Turin, becoming the first ever Black African to win a stage of cycling’s biggest bike race. The Eritrean’s groundbreaking win came after a mass crash inside the final kilometres saw various sprinters blocked and unable to sprint, although as it was inside the ‘safety zone’, all riders were awarded the same time . Following the crash, the better stage placings for Richard Carapaz (EF Education-Easy Post) enabled the former Giro d’Italia winner to become Ecuador’s first ever Tour de France leader, tied on time with previous maillot jaune Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)   Stage 2 - Tadej Pogačar moves into maillot jaune as Kévin Vauquelin solos to victory on stage 2 / As it happened

Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) delivered back-to-back glorious breakaway days at the Tour de France for the home nation, in the Italian Grand Départ no less, netting the stage 2 victory to Bologna after attacking away solo from his fellow escapees on the famous San Luca climb with 14km to go.

As the GC fight unfolded some three minutes down, it was déjà vu from the 2023 edition as Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) exploded into life on the second ascent, forcing Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) into a response. Only Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) could catch back on after the descent for home into Bologna. Pogačar moved into the yellow jersey for the first time since the 2022 race after dropping Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) on the San Luca climb.

Stage 1 - Romain Bardet steals the show on stage 1 as Van den Broek helps power DSM-Firmenich-PostNL to first maillot jaune / As it happened

In what is due to be his  final Tour de France , Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) rolled back the years to take the most stunning win of his career on stage 1 of the 2024 race, surviving a charging peloton by the barest of margins to net him a first-ever stint in the yellow jersey.

Bardet crossed the line with teammate Frank van den Broek after the DSM duo put on a masterclass on the road from Florence to Rimini, completing a breathless finish with only a few metres to spare from Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) who took third.

How does the Tour de France work?

The 111th edition of the Tour de France starts in Florence, Italy, on Saturday, June 29 and ends three weeks later in Nice on Sunday, July 21. It is the first time the Tour starts in Italy. The Tour de France will not finish in Paris as it usually does. Instead, the finish is in Nice to avoid the preparations for the 2024 Olympics Games, which begin just a week later in Paris.

Riders have to cover the entire 2024 Tour de France route , passing through four nations – Italy, San Marino, France, and Monaco.

The rider who completes the distance in the fastest time wins the race, also known as the 'overall classification'. Each day, the rider who has completed the entire distance raced the quickest is the leader of the Tour de France, and wears a yellow jersey to signify him as such.

Read more about the jerseys of the Tour de France .

There is a second time classification for the best rider under the age of 26, the best young riders' classification, and he wears a white jersey if leading.

Riders also gain points for their position at the end of each day of racing, known as "stages". There is a secondary prize for the rider who gains the most points - the "points classification", and the leader each day wears a green jersey.

There are also points atop a select number of mountains for the first riders to cross the top, with more points available the harder the mountain is to climb. The leader of the mountains classification wears a white jersey with red polka dots.

Most days, the peloton race the distance of the Tour de France stage as a bunch. This year's Tour de France features two individual time trials, where riders race a set distance alone against the clock.

There are other prizes, too. Read about the Souvenir Henri Desgranges and Souvenir Jacques-Goddet .

Who is riding the Tour de France 2024 ? Check out our 2024 Tour de France start list .

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Tour de France favourites and contenders : Defending champion  Jonas Vingegaard  (Jumbo-Visma) won his second GC title last year and, if he can recover from his crash injuries in time, will be back to defend his title against top rival Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who finished second overall. Vingegaard is likely to face a huge challenge from not just Pogačar, but also Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and former teammate turned rival Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe).

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The 2024 Tour de France includes 52,230 metres of vertical gain across 3497.3km of climbs, sprints and time trialling from Italy into France, with fewer high climbs than in the past and shorter stages. 

It is a balanced three weeks of racing that includes eight flat stages, four mountain-top finishes and two individual time trials, the final test against the clock is a hilly time trial to Nice that could create suspense. The race has 25km of racing above 2,000 metres and 27 mountains classified as second, first, or HC.

Florence, Italy, will host the team presentation, and stage 1 will roll out from Piazzale Michelangelo to open the Grand Tour for the first time.

Check out all the details of the 2024 Tour de France route .

Tour de France 2024 Contenders

For the definitive list of Tour de France favourites read: Tour de France 2024 - The GC favourites form guide

Defending Tour de France champion  Jonas Vingegaard will again have a strong Jumbo-Visma team to support his quest for a third title, but this time, former team leader Primož Roglič has turned to rival as he looks to give Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe top billing. Vingegaard will also face huge challenges from Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep). 

In the flat stages, look for last year's green jersey victor Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to contest for another title against Fabio Jakobsen , now with Team dsm-firmenich, and Caleb Ewan , now with Jayco-AlUIa. And fastman Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) is back for an 18th pro season to mix it up in the sprints, on the hunt for a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage victory.

And there will be opportunities across the three weeks for breakaway riders to shine, including the likes of Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck).

Tour de France teams

See Cyclingnews ' complete 2024 Tour de France team guide .

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkéa-B&B Hotels
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bahrain Victorious
• Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché-Wanty
• Israel-Premier Tech
• Lotto Dstny
• Movistar Team
• Soudal-QuickStep
• Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
• Team Jayco-AlUla
• Visma-Lease a Bike
• TotalEnergies
• UAE Team Emirates
• Uno-X Mobility

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This will be the first Grand Départ in Italy and the 26th that’s taken place abroad  First finale in Nice. Due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Paris, the race will not finish in the French capital for the first time.

Two time trials. 25 + 34 = 59km in total, the second of them taking place on the final Monaco>Nice stage. This will be the first time the race has seen a finale of this type for 35 years, the last occasion being the famous Fignon - LeMond duel in 1989.

Apennines (Italy), the Italian and French Alps, Massif Central and Pyrenees will be the mountain ranges on the 2024 Tour route.

The number of countries visited in 2024: Italy, San Marino, Monaco and France. Within France, the race will pass through 7 Regions and 30 departments.

The number of bonus points 8, 5 and 2 bonus seconds go to the first three classified riders, featuring at strategic points along the route (subject to approval by the International Cycling Union)these will have no effect on the points classification. Bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds will be awarded to the first three classified riders at road stage finishes.

Out of a total of 39, the locations or stage towns that are appearing on the Tour map for the first time . In order of appearance: Florence, Rimini, Cesenatico, Bologna, Piacenza, Saint-Vulbas, Gevrey-Chambertin, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, Évaux-les-Bains, Gruissan, Superdévoluy, Col de la Couillole.

The number of sectors on white roads during stage nine, amounting to 32km in total .

The number of stages: 8 flat, 4 hilly, 7 mountain (with 4 summit finishes at Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, Plateau de Beille, Isola 2000, Col de la Couillole), 2 time trials and 2 rest days.

The number of riders who will line up at the start of the Tour, divided into 22 teams of 8 riders each.

The height of the summit of the Bonette pass in the Alps, the highest tarmac road in France, which will be the “roof” of the 2024 Tour.

The total vertical gain during the 2024 Tour de France.

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2024 Tour de France: Results from Stage 5

SEE DAILY RESULTS AND OVERALL STANDINGS OF THE FRENCH GRAND TOUR.

Here are the results from each stage of the Tour de France.

Stage 5 Results

Stage 5 - top 10 results.

• Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan)
• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility)
• Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny)
• Fabio Jakobsen (dsm-firmenich Post-NL)
• Pascal Ackermann (Premiere Tech)
• Arnaud Demare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Gerben Thijssen (Intermaché-Wanty)
• Biniam Girmay (Intermaché-Wanty)
• Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 5

• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike)
• Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates)
• Primoz Roglic (Red Bull Bora-hansgrohe)
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
• Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
• Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)

Stage 4 Results

Stage 4 - top 10 results.

• Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 4

Stage 3 results, stage 3 - top 10 results.

• Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) 05:26:48
• Fernando Gaviria (Movistar)
• Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny)
• Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
• Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Alula)
• Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious)
• Fabio Jakobsen (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL)
• Davide Ballerini (Astana-Qazaqstan)
• Sam Bennett (Decathlon-AG2R)
• Bryan Coquard (Cofidis)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 3

• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) 15:21:41
• Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep)
• Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) 0:00:06
• Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) 0:00:21
• Guillaume Martin (Cofidis)
• Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)

Stage 2 Results

Stage 2 - top 10 results.

• Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels): 4:43:42
• Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility): +:36
• Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ): +:49
• Cristian Rodriguez (Arkéa-B&B Hotels): +:49
• Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan): +:49
• Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team): +:50
• Axel Laurance (Alpecin - Deceuninck): +1:12
• Mike Teunissen (Intermarché–Wanty): +1:33
• Hugo Houle (Premier Tech): +1:36
• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost): +2:21

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 2

• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 9:53:30
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step): +:00
• Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): +:00
• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost): +:00
• Romain Bardet (dsm–firmenich PostNL): +:06

Stage 1 Results

Stage 1 - top 10 results.

• Romain Bardet (dsm–firmenich PostNL): 5:07:22
• Frank Van Den Broek (dsm–firmenich PostNL): -:00
• Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike): -:05
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -:05
• Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny): -:05
• Alex Aranburu (Movistar): -:05
• Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek): -:05
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step): -:05
• Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious): -:05
• Alberto Bettiol (EF Education–EasyPost): -:05

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 1

• Romain Bardet (Team dsm–firmenich PostNL): 5:07:12
• Frank van den Broek (Team dsm–firmenich PostNL): -:04
• Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike): -:11
• Tadej Pogačar (Team UAE Emirates): -:15
• Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny): -:15

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